I've been working on a cookie dough recipe for a while. I had no idea that there were so many different ways to make cookie dough: with chickpeas, white beans, oats, flour, etc. I finally settled on the classic base ingredient: flour. It makes the most classic cookie dough in my opinion, and it has the same taste and texture as the cookie dough we used to eat as little kids.

I made this batch of cookie dough bars while on a July 4th break from my five-and-a-half-week residential camp this summer. After spending several weeks eating microwave oatmeal and small salads, I was itching to get to my kitchen to prepare some real food for myself. This recipe was the first thing I made on the day I came home. My family and I are super pleased at how it turned out. Even though we had a house full of cookies and chocolate, we kept reaching for these cookie dough bars because they were so darn good. I'm certain that you'll agree with us.

These Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bars are crunchy, salty, sweet, chewy, and delicious. And not to mention vegan! Really, what's not to love?

My next venture? Seeing what happens when I bake this dough.I mean, if the dough tastes this great, then I can only imagine how amazing the cookies it makes will taste!